American Idol is Rigged
 

There is no WAY Chris Daughtry would get ranked behind Elliot and Taylor. Truth be told, the only American Idol winners to have any real success after the show have all been female. I think the powers that be know this and therefore want to make sure Katherine McPhee makes it to the final round without any REAL competition and therefore rigged the results. You watch, next week Taylor will be gone and it will be Elliot and Katherine in the finals. Hmmmm, wonder who would win there? I'm just disgusted!

Discuss.........................

No shit sherlock.

There was a lot of money being wagered on Chris to win.

Do you ever wonder why they never tell you the vote call counts? Who controls the vote? Who monitors the vote?

With all that money going on Chris it was an easy play for the bookmakers to make tens of millions by taking out Chris by rigging the vote.

The music industry is riddled with organized crime influences. There's always been shady business practices in this biz. Not surprising to see its migrated to this show now.

Funny how you get the 'show is rigged' crap when a favourite is booted off!

As I said somewhere else Chris has zero charisma and his style bored the pants off me, other people I talked to shared the same opinion so maybe that had something to do with it?

Just a thought before we go down the fucking conspiracy highway to la la land.

I think it is a popularity contest until you get to the final 4-5 but once there, I think someone other than "the public" is doing the actual choosing as to who stays/goes based upon their marketability/ROI.

Chris is more of a "band" guy more than a solo artist.

Elliot is a visually a soloist and has a nice voice overall, but when he carries a note he sounds like a sheep and damn I've never seen a white boy stick his lips out so far.

Taylor has a great voice but damn - he looks like he's havin seizures when he sings/dances - that appeal wears off quick and I'd hate to be the director on one of his videos contantly repeating "damn dude - be still and just sing"!

Kathreen has it all. Looks, body, voice, appeal. Her ROI is much higher than the others and is probably going to get the nod.

I like all of the final 4 so no matter who gets booted - I hate to see em' go.

Least that's what I think :)

I never said Chris was my favorite, in fact my favorite was booted a long time ago. Actually I thought Sway had a helluva voice but was gone early on.

Yeah, I know deep down its all about the money and little to do with authenticity. I'm just disgusted.

I think it is funny that people care enough to get upset or even discuss it.

Of course, I only watch the first few episodes before they get to Hollywood. Now that's entertainment!!

thisis why i on ever watched one season of that show (the season Fantasia was the winner) ... too predictable for me

Just a theory...

My girl and I believe that America assumed Chris would make it to the next round. So everyone voted on who they wanted to survive. Assuming that "everyone else" voted for Chris, left voters calling in for their second favorite. Taylor, Eliot, or Kat. In turn leaving few votes for Chris, because most assumed his seat in the next round to be "in the bag".

what isn't rigged?

remember last comic standing? the executive producer just happened to be the agent of the 2 finalists

Look. This is why the whole "vote for who you like" concept is flawed!
Instead of thinking "I like Chris, so I'm going to vote 10 times for Chris", you have to think "I DISLIKE Jim the most, so I'm going to vote once for EVERYONE BUT Jim."

Thats how it should work. Just think about it.

i liked kelly pickler

I did too but not as a singer

his voice was starting to annoy me, he went from humble to egotistical, all of his songs sounded the same, we get it. you're a rocker with a bald head. take your ego and get off the stage.

although Im glad hes gone, I cant believe he left before McPhee, she sucks! lol cant sing 1 song without fuckin up a ton of keys and/or running out of breath. boooo!!

thats interesting & makes sense. sometimes its easy to forget all those behind-the-scenes factors (such as marketablity). Good point. I agree.

why wouldn't they want to stir shit up? its good publicity people. its what gets people telling there friends about how some dumb fuck who didn't make it even though they deserved it. word of mouth is money in the bank.

If it's not rigged...the only thing I can surmise as to why Chris got the boot is that he and Elliot would have split votes (they look alike, they both sing very well)...and Taylor as well as Katherine have a different group of voters. My pick was Chris to win, hands down though. It's disappointing.

At this point, my guess would be Elliot or Taylor to win...Katherine is in that same country-janra as Carrie Underwood and AI's got that market covered with her. IF it's rigged...Katherine won't win (but she can sing her ass off).

Well, the other night when I was banging Paula, she told me it was all faked.

don't tell me Top Chef is rigged too!

Are the votes being handled by the same people that handled the Bush elections?

Totally agree - I will admit that I started to dislike Chris when he said "My fans expect certain things from me" I mean talk about a poncey up my own arse comment!

...and ok I like Taylor Hicks, not sure whether he is any good or not but he does entertain me!:thumbsup

LMFAO! It would make perfect sense.

Same here

obviously... this is big $$ we are talking about

well, now for me its "Go Taylor!"

But dayum, Katherine is fine on the eyes, but she gets too sharp with the high notes and tries to recover with her Cristina Aguilara impersonations......so for me now, its go Taylor!

the masses dont comprehend chaos.

LMFAO - that's some funny shit!! And right on target!
Good call, StuartD.

i hated chris. so glad he's gone.

but check out this site...this guy has predicted 85% correct the last 20 rounds of competition...

AND he correctly predicted McPhever and Chris to be bottom two with chris getting the boot.

So i wasn't surprised.


http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp


Check out all his previous weeks predictions

Chris is a great singer -- in his genre.

My heart broke for him when he was kicked out so cruelly -- the look on his face was just heartbreaking.

They say people all felt he'd win so stopped voting for him. I don't think it's rigged but I think Katherine sucks so who knows?

Elliot is the only one who REALLY improved and knew he had to in order to be in the finals. While his looks aren't all that, his voice is great, but not all singers are good looking -- look at Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, Gary Cherone to name a few.

It states in the credits that the producers reserve the right to veto any results of the telephone polls. So yeah, it's rigged and it says it right up front.

How about that Lohan too?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195180,00.html

How about that Lohan too?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195180,00.html

Did you watch the singing show this week!? I mean I LOVE Chris...but after I saw Elliot step up (and chris just do so so) I couldn't justify voting for chris. A few thousand people thinking the same as me and...bye bye

I am gonna print a copy of this thread and send it to my bookie and maybe he'll give me my bet back. Not.

The favorite didnt win. Like thats never happened before. Dosent mean the show is rigged, just that we made bad bets.